In a two for one airstrike, ISAF was able to confirm the deaths of two Taliban leaders in Nangahar. As previously reported, multiple other bad guys joined them in their love and journey to death.
In Kunduz, multiple terrorists with connections to the Taliban and IMU were captured in a search for their cowardly leader. ISAF Details Follow.
The enemy did what it does best, killing unarmed and uninvolved Afghan Muslims, including women and children in Helmand.
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Sayid Rahman was the senior leader in a group responsible for planning and conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition elements. Recent reporting indicated the group was coordinating the use of suicide bombers within the district and may have been planning an attack at an Afghan border checkpoint.
Also, killed in the air strike was Zehrie Gul, a Taliban leader who also operated in the Pachir wa Agam district with Sayid Rahman planning and conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition elements.
Following intelligence tips, the precision air strike was conducted after ensuring no civilians were present.
A follow-on force conducted a ground assessment verifying Sayuid Rahman, Zehria Gul and several additional insurgents were killed. The force found multiple AK-47's, chest racks, rocket propelled grenade rounds and grenades.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Taliban leader in Kunduz province who has key ties to Afghanistan- and Pakistan-based Taliban leadership, detaining several suspected insurgents during a joint security operation yesterday.
The Taliban leader has direct ties to the Baghlan province Taliban network and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in Kunduz and Pakistan. He teaches affiliates how to build improvised explosive devices and also purchases and distributes IED materials. He works in the province with autonomy, reporting directly to the Taliban shadow governor.
Forces followed leads to a series of buildings in the Kunduz district. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call occupants out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. Several men were detained after initial questioning.
The joint security team conducted the operation in the hours of darkness to minimize the risk to local citizens. No women or children were injured or detained during this operation.
The security forces conducted the operation without firing their weapons.
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